[security-alerts] FW: [SA21078] Wireshark Multiple Protocol Dissector Vulnerabilities

["Kazennov, Vladimir" <Vladimir.Kazennov@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> TITLE:
> Wireshark Multiple Protocol Dissector Vulnerabilities
> 
> SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
> SA21078
> 
> VERIFY ADVISORY:
> http://secunia.com/advisories/21078/
> 
> CRITICAL:
> Highly critical
> 
> IMPACT:
> DoS, System access
> 
> WHERE:
> From remote
> 
> SOFTWARE:
> Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.x
> http://secunia.com/product/1228/
> 
> DESCRIPTION:
> Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Wireshark, which can be
> exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or
> compromise a vulnerable system.
> 
> The vulnerabilities are caused due to various types of errors
> including boundary errors, format string errors, off-by-one errors,
> an infinite loop error, and a memory allocation problem in a
> multitude of protocol dissectors.
> 
> Successful exploitation causes Wireshark to stop responding, consume
> a large amount of system resources, crash, or execute arbitrary code.
> 
> SOLUTION:
> Update to version 0.99.2.
> 
> PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
> The vendor credits Ilja van Sprundel for reporting some of the
> vulnerabilities.
> 
> ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
> http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-01.html
>